So as promised it is time to announce the next 7″ on Cloudberry!
Check out “Bonving“, the A side from the upcoming 7″ by the German band Den Baron! Formed by Swen Keller in the late 90s, Den Baron released many singles on Apricot Records and Shelflife Records at the turn of the century. This is his comeback! The songs on the 7″ builds on the band’s legacy and their catchy 90s elegant and sophisticated indiepop.
The 7” includes this track on the A side and “Done and Gone” and “Ghost Town” on the B side. To be released in the spring of 2019. Artwork by Brazilian illustrator André Ducci.
Exciting!! Right? We are now taking pre-orders on our website.
New finds? I got that too of course.
Miedo: lovely new bedroom pop band from Madrid and “Miedo” is also their first song. I don’t know much about it but I believe one of my friends from Alborotador Gomasio is behind it. Also is it true that they will be playing in New York on August 22nd as Bandcamp mentions? That’d be amazing!
The Blue Dress: a new song by Jesús Sandoval’s jangly project. “The Perfect Morning” is the second digital single the band releases and it is as charming as the first one from a year or so back. We continue to find good indiepop coming from Mexico!
Jeanines: “Either Way” is the song that we can preview of the self-titled album the New York band will be releasing on Slumberland on June 14th. This is one of the albums I look forward the most this year even though I haven’t caught the band live yet here in New York!
Los Largos: this Alicante band was formed last year and have two songs up on Bandcamp! These are “Nosotros y las Sombras” and “Bla, Bla, Bla”. I must say the first track is terrific! Will this be released on physical format?
Kythiria: Sydney/Copenhagen/NYC based Kythira is releasing an album on tape on May 30th. Kythira is actually Alyssa Gengos, and this is the first time I’m listening to her music. Only one of her songs. “Change My Mind” is the song chosen to preview her upcoming album. And I can only say that it sounds lovely.
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Today it is the turn for the letter F. So, I thought why not The Field Trip? I know little about them but I do own some of their 7″s. A good idea I think.
Their first release was a flexi single with the songs “Sunblind” and “Think About Me” that came out along the My Mum’s fanzine and the Whaaat Fanzine. But I can’t find much more information about this release.
The label Watercolour Records was the first label to champion the band by releasing a 7″ in 1991 with the songs “Falling Down Again” on the A side and “Heaven…” and “Can You See What You Speak” on the B side. This was also the first ever release by this label (Watercolour 001) that was to release great bands like The Sweetest Ache and the Snowbirds among others. This 7″ came with 2 photos by the way. One of the band and another of an older guy and his dog (?).
In 1992 the band contributes two songs to a split 7″ that the American label Sympathy for the Record Industry (SFTRI 209) put out. The songs were “Happy” and “Christmas Song”. The other band on this record was Spectrum. “Happy” was recorded at Far Heath Studio in Northampton on the summer of 1992, while “Christmas Song” was recorded at Y.P. Studio in Rugby on the 13th of November 1992.
That same year the band released their second 7″ on Watercolour Records (Watercolour four). This EP had four songs, “One Way Ticket” and “Save All Your Lovin'” on the A side and “Can’t Wait Too Long” and “Come Together” on the B side. Pete Kember, aka. Sonic Boom and a well-known musician and producer from Rugby, contributed organ and guitar while also producing and mixing the songs.
Lastly, in 1993, the band released their last record, “Take to the Streets”. This one was available on CD single and 12″ vinyl and it was released by Watercolour Records (Watercolour six). It is important to mention that the cover art for the record differ in each version. Also the CD single includes three songs while the 12″ just two. The CD single had “Take to the Streets”, “Lebby: Be Someone – Everything – We Are Together – Let This Song (Carry Your Blues Away)” and “Take to the Streets (Radio Edit)”. The 12″ version didn’t include the last one, the radio edit. It is worthj mentioning that “Take to the Streets” was mixed by Sonic Boom while “Lebby” was mixed by the band and Angus Wallace. Something cool about this record is that The Jazz Butcher played saxophone and brass on the record.
The only compilation appearance listed dates also from 1993. It was again on Watercolour Records and was a CD comp called “Self Portrait: A Watercolour Compilation” (Watercolour nine). The band contributed the songs “Save All Your Lovin'” and “Take to the Streets”.
It is important to mention who was in the band, right? Well, John Regan played bass, Tony Lambert the drums, tambourine and vocals, Adam Yarnold guitar, piano and tambourine, Bruce Jones guitar and piano and John Dillon vocals and percussion.
Then I have a quick look at other bands the members might have been in. John Regan seems to have been also in The Guthrie Brothers. Tony Lambert has played with The Saw Doctors and Sonic Boom. Bruce Jones played also on Da*, while John Dillon played in many bands like Locust, Olympic Smiles, Pete Davenport and his Crazy Quavers and The Armada Orchestra.
I look all over the place for more information about them and the band. But sadly I don’t seem to find much more about The Field Trip. Were they from Rugby or Northampton? Who remembers them?
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One Response to “:: The Field Trip”
They were all from Birmingham, having met at Handsworth Grammar School for Boys. After school they all attended Sutton Coldfield College of FE and then all left for uni in London.